At the unveiling, Pitynski noted that Boston, with its freedom-fighter tradition, was a fitting place for ''The Partisans'' to be exhibited. The artist , now on the staff of the Johnson Atelier-Technical Institute of Sculpture in Princeton, N.J., dedicated the work to ''all of those who fought and are fighting in a war of freedom.''

The sculpture will be on exhibition on the Boston Common for one month, after which it will be moved to a yet unspecified location for eight months.